Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Ringfort - rath
Colgagh, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Colgagh
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.28423, -8.40058
- SMR number
- SL015-037----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on E end of level summit of a broad E-W orientated rise, in pasture. Slightly raised oval area (dims. 22m E-W; 20m N-S) enclosed by a bank of earth and stone (Wth 4.5m; int. H 0.4m). There is no fosse visible at ground level. From SE-N the bank is relatively denuded has a low broad profile. A break (Wth 3m) in the bank and a ramp to the exterior at E marks the position of the original entrance.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.